Daily Archives: November 2, 2011

Fuerza Pública officers said Tuesday that they managed to capture two of five persons who invaded and stuck up a casino in Jacó. The details were sketchy, and there was no report on which of the casinos in hotels at … Continue reading →

With the approach of the dry season, road work picks up and traffic slows down. The Consejo Nacional de Vialidad said Tuesday that work had begun on stripping the asphalt off Paseo Colón, one of the busiest streets in San … Continue reading →

The fire-fighting agency is seeking personnel for six new stations that will be opened in 2012. They are accepting applications for paid fire fighters and also for volunteers. The first three new stations will be in Los Chiles, Puerto Jiménez … Continue reading →

On a rare break from her rigorous routine, Costa Rican gymnast Mariana Sánchez was able to leave her training grounds in the United States for a brief sojourn in her home country to visit family, friends and young, aspiring gymnasts. … Continue reading →

Anyone sending a letter as of Friday can use stamps to honor the Costa Rican version of the boy and girl scouts. Correos de Costa Rica has begun circulating the postal issue “Centenario Guía y Scout,” which notes the 100 … Continue reading →

Judy Griffith Gill’s letter published on Tuesday raises an interesting question: Why can’t there be signs notifying drivers of speed limits? And the answer, of course, is that there are such signs. They’re everywhere. Every time the speed limit changes, … Continue reading →

A 5.4-magnitude earthquake took place at 1:03 p.m. today at the mouth of the Gulf of Nicoya. Residents in most of the central and western part of the country felt the quake, but in the Central Valley it was just … Continue reading →

The central government caved in to protesting rice farmers Tuesday and asked the Corporación Arrocera Nacional to solve the problem by buying that part of the harvest that was not already sold. That was the word from Casa Presidencial after … Continue reading →

The official word has come from the weather experts. The notification is what expats and would-be tourists have been awaiting. The country has begun to enter the transitional phase between the rainy season and the dry, although that may not … Continue reading →